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Jesse Zhang

Founder

Founder at Lowkey.gg

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedLowkey.gg · YC

Find your path to Jesse

147 people in our graph share verified history with Jesse — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Mikowai AshwillunlockedJesse: together at Decagon (2025–2026)
×8Jesse: together at Citadel
Jesse: together at Lowkey (Acquired by Niantic!)
×2Jesse: together at Decagon

About

Jesse Zhang is CEO and co-founder of Decagon, a company developing AI-based customer service technology. He is also an angel investor whose portfolio includes Lovable, Cursor, Listen Labs, Cognition, and Etched, among others.

Founder at Lowkey.ggYC S18

Intro paths

YC

Jesse went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Jesse can intro founders to Lowkey.gg's investors below.

Lowkey.gg's investors · 4

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksCalano VenturesOrlando · $500K – $1.5M checksWayfinder VenturesSan Francisco · $300K – $1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018

Experience

  1. DecagonCEO / Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Lowkey (Acquired by Niantic!)CEO / Founder2018 — 2022
  3. CitadelIntern2017
  4. GoogleIntern2016
  5. Hudson River TradingIntern2016

Skills & more

Languages English · Mandarin Chinese

From Jesse's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jesse Zhang?
Jesse Zhang is CEO and co-founder of Decagon, a company developing AI-based customer service technology. He is also an angel investor whose portfolio includes Lovable, Cursor, Listen Labs, Cognition, and Etched, among others.
Where does Jesse Zhang work?
Jesse Zhang is Founder of Lowkey.gg.
What companies did Jesse Zhang found?
Jesse Zhang founded Lowkey.gg.
Where did Jesse Zhang go to school?
Jesse Zhang studied at Harvard University (Computer Science, Graduated in 3 years); Fairview High School (USA Math Olympiad Program (MOP) x2, Research Science Institute).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

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Decagon mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ivan ZhouDirectorFounded Ando +1Sunny RekhiForward Deployed Engineering, CTOFounded TarsalMax LuEngineeringFounded LynxPerry HaVP, Agent ProductFounded HomeflowKelly LuSoftware EngineerFounded OvereasyMatthew TangMember of Technical StaffFounded Sublingual

Fairview High School mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Alex AtallahHigh SchoolFounded OpenSea +1Jesse ZhangUSA Math Olympiad Program (MOP) x2Founded DecagonJayna SheatsFounded TerecircuitsAllison WolffHigh SchoolFounded Vibrant Planet

Same school

Also attended Harvard University2,000

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Fairview High School11

Rand LewisPartner at Delta-v CapitalRithi PrabhuComputer Science at Campus Founders FundTess EnglundOperations Manager at Virescent VenturesAlex AtallahCo-Founder & CEO of OpenRouter, Co-Founder of OpenSeaTucker CatlinAssociate at Greenbriar Equity GroupGibson SiegertSenior Analyst at Caruso Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Decagon18

Mikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark CapitalAaref HilalyPartner at Bain Capital VenturesRak GargPartner at Bain Capital VenturesKristina ShenInvestor at ChemistryShiv WadhwaniAssociate at Fin CapitalKarine PetersVice President at T.Capital

+ 12 more

Also worked at Lowkey (Acquired by Niantic!)3

Jay ZhaoPartner at Leonis CapitalOlivier PorteFounder at Alpha VantageJesse ZhangExecutive Officer, Director at Decagon

Also worked at Citadel118

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiRobert CulpPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersEeshaan SachathevaCo-CIO at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.David SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesFran AmicoExecutive Assistant at CAVU Consumer PartnersEvan FengPartner at CoinFund

+ 112 more

Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

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